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Holiday Park has been offering airboat tours and rides in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area since 1982. An airboat tour from this company typically consists of a 60 minute guided experience, during which a captain can point out alligators and other wildlife in the Everglades. Airboat rides
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Holiday Park is the home of the Gator Boys Alligator Rescue and educates the public about the ongoing conservation and preservation efforts in the Everglades. The team of gator trappers capture and rescue nuisance alligators from residential areas surrounding the Everglades and release
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and starting an educational and recreational park ground. Bridges began offering narrated airboat tours through the
Everglades and by June 1982, Everglades Holiday Park was officially operating. The park is family run, with George's son, Clint, overseeing the day-to-day operations.
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Holiday Park unveiled the results of a major renovation project worth nearly $ 16 million. Many public areas were redesigned to help prevent chronic flooding. The project also included the addition of new restrooms, picnic areas, and public boat ramps.
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George M. Bridges was a tobacco farmer with a background in construction. In 1982, he decided to pursue a new career and built his own airboat in the backyard. Mortgaging his house, Bridges invested all his money and time into building more
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in 1964. The deed stipulated that the land's sole use be for "public recreation purposes." Broward County entered into a long-term lease agreement with the
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